Net-zero emissions could boost the economy by 2% per year and cut energy imports by 70%, said climate commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete
As temperatures rise, pastoralists in Karamoja travel further to find pasture, while the government’s preferred remedy fails under extreme drought
Only an ambitious policy, backed by technologies that remove carbon from the air, can bring the EU in line with the Paris Agreement temperature goals
‘We will leave the European Union with a vision for the future,’ the commissioner tells CHN as he prepares to fight for net-zero emissions
Environnement Jeunesse is leading a legal action on behalf of under-35s to demand faster emissions cuts, in line with a 1.5C global warming limit
The Congo rainforest is a hugely important carbon reservoir, yet the people who live there are often excluded from conversations about how to manage it
Ten years after its creation, the landmark legislation has many lessons for other countries as they look for ways to turn the Paris deal into national action
Vanuatu becomes the first nation state to threaten oil majors with climate damages lawsuits, while the Marshall Islands submits updated climate plan to the UN
The energy minister has published a statement in defence of coal, which was swiftly disavowed by the presidency of the upcoming Cop24 climate negotiations
‘Sky-rocketing’ EU carbon prices could mean Hungary is the first country in eastern Europe to set an exit date for the most polluting fossil fuel
Group wants to spark civil disobedience around the world, but US campaigner says it will have to lose white, middle class image
With the commission about to release its long term strategy, Poland is working to water down the target
Mark Rutte’s administration asks Supreme Court to review the Urgenda case, which requires the Netherlands to make deeper emissions cuts by 2020
The authorities have bulldozed 2,000 buildings in a bid to prevent flooding, but garbage-choked rivers still overflow each rainy season, putting citizens at risk
Draft withdrawal agreement prompts calls for green watchdog to assume climate powers
Ernesto Araújo, a relatively junior diplomat, accuses the left of using the environmental cause ‘to serve their political project of total domination’
Greater transparency would curb industry dominance in the International Maritime Organization, say campaigners, but key countries are opposed
A House of Lords committee was unsatisfied by minister Claire Perry’s testimony last month
New French strategy puts pressure on Brussels to set an EU-wide action plan to stop agricultural trade destroying forests
Manufacturers say ban on diesel and petrol cars is against EU neutrality principles, setting up battle to clean up Europe’s second-largest auto-industry